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HISTOEY  OF  KAIISAS.
 

Governor was: For Crawford, home vote, 10,196; soldier's vote, 2.191—
total, 13,387; Thachcr. home vote, 7.840; soldier's vote, 608—total, 8,448.
Crawford's raajority was 4,!I39. For Congressman, Clark, Republican,
received, home'vote. 9,l."i6; soldier's vote, 1,674—total, 10,830; Lee, Union,
received, home vote, 8,068; soldier's vote, 1,042—total, 9,710.

The cost to the State of visiting Ihe regiments and defending the
border for the year was reported at $i 1,800.

1865.

The Fifth State Legislature. Samuel J. Crawford, Governor, met
January 10; adjourned February 22. President of the Senate, James
McGrew; Speaker of the House. Jacob Stotler. The most important legis¬
lation was as follows: Laws passed for the incorporation and regulation
of railro.ad companies; atithorizing counties and cities to. issue bonds to
railroad companies; providing for the payment of claims arising from the
"Price raid," and from (ien. Curtis' c.xpeiiition .against the Indians in July
and August. 1S64. The era of railroad buildini^- in Kansas was fully in-
augurtrted during the year, and much of the tinie of the Legislature was
eniployed in the consideration of the subject. The Legislature adjourned
from January 19 to 23. to participate in a railroad excursion from Law¬
rence to "Wyandotte. Laws were passed authorizing a geological survej'
of the State, and to encourage the growth of forest trees.

.Tames H. Lane was re-elected United States Senator on January 12,
forthe term beginning ]\tarch 4, ]s6."i. The vote was as follows: Lane.
82; WillLam A. Phillips. 7; William C. :\IcDowcll, 4; C. B. Brtice, 2; W.
Y. Roberts. 2; B. :\I. Hughes. 1.

A draft was begun February 1"). full credits not having been given the
St.ate for troops furnished; the difference was adjusted and the draft sus¬
pended in Kansas M.arch l."i.

April 8. there were great demonstrations of joy in Leavenworth, Law¬
rence, Atchison, Topeka, and elsewhere throughout the Stat,', over the
Union victories and the close of the war. April 1.5, Lincoln was assassi¬
nated, and Gov. Crawford appointed xVpril 23 as a day of ftrsting and
prayer, in observance of the great national calamity. The day was kept
all over the State with a solemnity never before observed.

The annual election was held November 3. Six State Senators, to fill
vacancies, and members of the House of Representatives were chosen.

1866.

The Si.cth State Legislature, Samuel J. Crawford, Governor, met
January 9, adjourned February 27. President of the Senate, James
"McGrew ; Speaker of the House, .lohn T. Burris. Among the acts p.assed
were the following: .Vn act apportioning the State for Senators and Rep¬
resentatives ; an act defining the boundaries of Xeosho County ; provid¬
ing for temporary buildings for Deaf and Dumb asylum at Olathe ; en¬
couraging the planting and growth of forest trees ; seventeen acts relat¬
ing to the granting of bonds by counties, in aid of projected railro.ads,
ami for other purposes; an act for the protection of State and County
treasuries ; issuing bonds to build the State Penitentiary ; for erecting a
State House, and for the sale of public lands; providing for the sale of
the lands of the Normal School, University .and Agricultural College.
An act was passed giving .100,000 acres of land which had been previously
granted the Slate by General Government, to the following railroad com¬
panies : The Northern Kansas, the Kansas & Neosho Valley, the Union
Paciflc—Southern Branch; and the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Fort Gibson.

A Uniled States Senator. Hon. Edmund G. Ross, was appointed by
Gov. Cr.awford, July 20, to flll tho vacancy cau.sed by the death of- Hon.
.Tames H. Lane, who died at Fort Leavenworth, .Tuly il.

The Repvilicnn State Cont>entioH met at Topeka. September 5. State
officers and Congressman nomin.ated were .as follows : For Governor, Sam¬
uel .1. Crawford ; for Lieutenant Governor, Nehemiah Green ; for Scra-c'-
tary of State. II. A. Barker; for State Auditor, J. R. Swallow ; for State
Treasurer. ^I. Anderson ; for Superintendent of Public Instruclion, P.
!McVicar; for Attorney General, George H. Hoyt; for Chief Justice, S.
A. Kingman ; for Congressman. Sidney Clarke.

The National Union State Conventinn met at Lawrence, September 20.
The following nominations were made : For Governor, J. L. ^IcDowell ;
for Lieutenant Governor, J. R. McCIure ; for Secretary of State. Alathew
Quin-n-; for State Treasurer, J. Walker ; for Slate Auditor, N. S. Goss ;
for .Superintendent of Public Instruction, Joseph Bond; for .Vltorney
General, Ross Burns ; Chief .Tustice of the Supreme Court, Nelson Cobb ;
for iMembcr of Congress, C. W. Blair.

The General State eleetionv/ns held Xovember 6, and resulted as usual
in the success of the entire Republican ticket. For Governor, the vote
was: Crawford. 10.370; McDowell. 8.1."i2. Republican majority, 11,218.
For Alember of Congress. Sidnev Clarke, the Republican nominee, re¬
ceived 19,301 votes ; C  W. Blair,'National Unionist, 8,106.

1867.

77ie Seventh Kansas Legislnture. Samuel J. Crawford, Governor, met
.lanuary 8. adjourned ATarch 3. President of the Senate, Nehemiah
Green ; Speaker of the House, Preston B. Plumb.

.Tanuary 32. the election of two United States Senators being the order
of the day. the vote of the Senate was taken, the result being as follows :
For the long term, S C. Pomeroy, 16 ; A. L. Lee, 8; D. R Anthony, 1.
For the short term, Thomas Ca'rnev. 9 ; S. O. Thacher, 5 ; E. G. IJoss,
5 ; I. S. Kalloch. 3 ; George A. Crawford, 1 ; J. P. Root, 1 ; S. D. Hous¬
ton, 1. In the House there was a vole taken on Senator for the .short
term. The vote was as follows: Thomas Carnev. 32; E. G. Ross, 24, S. O.
Thacher, 14; I. S. Kalloch, 8; W. R. Davis, 3; Charles Robinson, 3;
George A. Crawford, 1.

.Tanuary 33, two United States Senators were elected, there being but
a single ballot for each Senator.    The ballot was as follows : For the long
 

term, beginning March 4, 1867, S. C. Pomeroy, 84 ; A. L. Lee, 3.'i ; for the
short term, Edmund G. Ross, 68 ; Thomas Carney, 40 ; Samuel A. Riggs,
1. S. C. Pomeroy was elected for the long term, and E. G. Ross, for the
short term.

The following important acts were passed : Ratifying the fourteenth
amendment to the Constitution of' the United States ; for building a
blind asylum at Wyandotte; issuing bonds, $100,000, for the State Peniten¬
tiary; $'15,000, for the Deaf and Dumb Asylum; and $100,000 for the State
House ; changing or defining boundaries of the following counties : Wil¬
son, Labette, Dickinson, Bourbon, Crawford and Cherokee ; defining the
boundaries of ilontgomery. Greenwood, Howard, Butler, Cowley, Marion,
McPher.son, Sedgwick, Sumner, Jewell, Mitchell, Lincoln, Ellsworth,
Rice, Reno, Harper, Smith, Osborne, Russell, B.arton, Stafford, Pratt,
B.arbour (spelling changed to Barber in 1883), Phillips, Rooks, Ellis, Rush,
Pawnee, Kiowa, Comanche, Norton, Graham, Trego, Ness, Hodgeman,
Ford and Clark Counties ; changing name of Shirley County to Cloud.
Three propositions to amend the Constitution were submitted to the peo¬
ple ; one for or against negro suffrage ; one for or against woman suf¬
frage ; one for or against restricting the franchise in the case of certain
soldiers.

The interest in the political canvass was upon the proposed suffrage
amendments to the Constitution. During the summer and fall the State
was thoroughly canvassed by the ablest atlvocatcs of equal suffrage in the
country, among whom were Mrs. Lucy Stone Blackwell, Henry B. Black-
well, Mrs. C. I. H. Nichols, George Francis Train, Rev. Olympia Brown,
Miss Bessie Bisbee, Jliss Susan B. Anthony and Mrs. Elizabeth Cady
Stanton. On the proposed amendments, the Republicans were dividedi.
The Democrats at their State Convention, held at Leavenworth, Septem¬
ber 18, passed the following:

(8.) That we are opposed to all the proposed amendments to our .State Constitution, and
to all unjust, intolerant and prescriptive legisl.ation, whereby a portion of our fellow-citi¬
zens are deprived of their social rights and religious privileges.

The Annual State election occurred November 5, for the election of
State Senators to flll vacancies, members of the House, and District Judges
for the Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Judici.al Districts, and for voting
on the proposed suffrage amendments to the State Constitution.

The vote ou the iimendments was as follows: Striking out the word
"white:" For, 10,483; against, 19,421, Striking out the word "male:"
For, 9,070; against, 19,857. Restricting the elective franchise"': For, 16,-
860; against, 13,165.

1868.

The Eighth Kansas Legislature, Samuel J.-Crawford, Governor, met
January 14; adjourned March 4. Prerfident of the Senate, Nehemiah
Green; Speaker'of the House, George W. Smith. The codifying of the
laws was completed during the session, and published, as revised by
Messrs. Price, Riggs and McCahon. State bonds were voted as follows:
For Penitentiary', $50,000; for State Capitol, $15(1,(100; for Insane Asylum,
$20,000. Boundaries of Gove and Wallace Counties were deflned. A
resolution was passed for the protection of settlers on the Cherokee neutral
lands.

A Democratic State Convention was held at Topeka, February 16, at
which delegates to the Democratic National Convention were chosen as
follows: Wilson Sh.annon, ,Tr., Thomas P. Fenlon, Charles W. Blair,
George W. Glick, A. J. Mead and Isaac Sharp.

A Republican State Convention, held at "Topeka, JIarch 2.-1, nominated
as delegates to the Repuldican National Convention: C; W. Babcock, B.
F. Simpson. S. S. Prouty, John A. Martin, N. A. A-dams and Louis Weil.
The .alternates chosen were: A. Danford, C. P. Twiss, F. P. Baker,
Cyrus Leiand, Jr., J. W. McMillan and Jacob Weisbach.

The Democratic State Convention, for the nomination of State officers.
Members of Congress and Presidential Electors, was held at Topeka July
29. The nominees were: For Governor, George W. Glick; for Lieuten¬
ant Governor, "iMaxwell McCaslin; Secretary of State, Wilson Shannon,
Jr.; State Auditor, Gottlieb Schauble; State Treasurer, Allen McCartney;
Attornev General, Ross Burns; Superintendent of Public Instruction,
Archibald Beatty; .Vssoeiate Justice of the Supreme Court, William R.
Wagstaff: Member of Congress, Charles W. Blair; Presidential Electors,
Leonard T. Smith, P. Z. Taylor, Orlin Thurston.

The convention .adopted resolutions indorsing the National Demo¬
cratic platform, the nomin.ation of Seymour and Blair for President and
Vice President; .also strong resolutions'in favor of retiring the circulation
of tbe National Banks, and substituting therefore " lawful money of the
United States" (greenbacks). The platform also favored separale schools
for white and colored children.

The Republican State Convention met at Topeka, September 9. The
following nominations were "made: For Governor, James M. Harvey (on
the flfth" ballot); Lieutenant Governor, Charles V. Eskridge (on the sec¬
ond ballot); Secretary of State, Thomas Moonlight; State Auditor, Alois
Thoman; State Treasurer, George Graham; Attorney General, Addison
Danford (third ballot); Superintendent of Public Instruction, Peter
McVicar; .Vssoeiate .Tustice of the Supreme Court, David M. Valentine
(third b.allot); :\fember of Congress, Sidney Clarke; Presidential Electors,
I. S. Kallock, D  R. Anthony and A. H. Harton.                                           '

The platform accepted the platform adopted by the National Repub¬
lican Convention; pledged the support of the party to Grant and Colfax,
and arraigned the Democratic party for its past shortcomings. It was
silent on the flnanci.al question.

The Annual and Pre-iidential election occurred November 3. The
vote was overwhelmingly Republican. The Republican Presidential vote
was .30,038, against 13,620 votes as the highest given for a Democratic
elector. For Governor, Harvey, Republican, received 29,795 votes against
13,809 polled for George W. Glick, the Democratic candidate. For Mem¬
ber of Congress, Clarke received 39,324 votes against 13,969 polled for Blair.

*See amendment to Article V, Section 2, in Appendix.